Attract Birds With These Two Shrubs

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Viburnum dentatum – Arrow-wood Viburnum.

We have beautiful large container plants ready for your landscape! Flowers support many pollinators. 6′-12′ in height x 4′-10′ spread. Moist to dry, well-drained soil. One of the toughest and most adaptable viburnum species - Tolerates clay soils, occasional flooding, poor soils, and drought. Creamy white compound flowers in late spring, Blue-back berries in fall. Fall foliage varies from burgundy to red to scarlet to orange to yellow. Deer resistant, Sun to part shade. Tolerates intense, hot sun exposure, even in dry soils (once established)
Viburnum dentatum, Great Falls Park, 6/3/13 Photo courtesy Flickr Commons Fritz Flohr Reynolds

The berries of viburnum dentatum are striking and the birds love them. Plant one today and keep an eye out for American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird , Gray Catbird, Insectivorous Birds, Northern Cardinal, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Red-Eyed Vireo, Veery, and Wood Thrush!

Serviceberries - (Pictured above)
Spring blossoms, edible berries, fall color. We have nice large container plants, ready to make a statement in your landscape. The fruits are tasty, like soft sweet blueberries. Songbirds and small mammals also love them. Flowers are valuable to various early season pollinators. A great alternative to the invasive Callery Pear! It blooms white at about the same time of year.

Here's our yearly fall reminder:
Goldenrods DO NOT make you Sneeze or cause fall allergies.

We have many selections of goldenrod, all are vital for pollinators. Pictured above is Solidago shortii "Solar Cascade". A bounty of Yellow!

Check out our blog post for cultural information on all the various goldenrods and an explanation of WHY they do not make you sneeze.

Bats are the gardener's friend! Learn more about this fascinating creature and how you can help it with your landscape. Sign up for our September 24 workshop.

Retail Shopping Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 am to 4 pm
Last checkout is 4 pm
Closed Sundays
Open through end of October, weather permitting.

MANY TREES AND SHRUBS IN STOCK NOW: THE PERFECT TIME FOR PLANTING!

Wondering what we have in stock? Here is a link to our availability.

If you are looking for a lot of plants but don't have time to shop, we can assemble the order for you to pick up. Click here for more information. Look for the excel order form. Questions? Email Brian@edgeofthewoodsnursery.com

SPECIALS Continued through Saturday 9/17
Pure American Chestnut seedlings grown from seed available for purchase. They will get the blight, but they will also bear chestnuts for eating for many years, and continue to play a role in the ecosystem. Sale Priced at $10 each.
Hibiscus on sale: 20% off all Hibiscus.
Read more about Hibiscus here.
Learn about our work with the American Chestnut Foundation here.

FALL PLANTING TIPS

Plant as early in the fall as you can --especially for perennials and plants in smaller containers. This gives the plants time to root out and anchor themselves in to the soil. Water well when planting.
Mulch the root zones with an inch of mulch. This helps prevent heaving during the winter. Mulch should not touch the trunk of a tree or cover the crown of a perennial plant.
Check periodically throughout the winter and gently push any heaved plants back into the soil. The roots balls of trees and shrubs are generally larger, and don't heave out as readily.
Water in the spring, even before you see any leaves pushing growth. If there was not a lot of snow cover through the winter, they will need moisture to break dormancy.

More about fall planting here.

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